Staff Systems Engineer
YextNew York, New York, United States
Posted August 6, 2025
189450 - 392500 USD year
Full Time
About the Company
Yext (NYSE: YEXT) is a leading digital presence platform for multi-location brands, offering a comprehensive suite of services including SEO, website management, social media, and reputation management. Utilizing AI and machine learning, Yext provides consistent, accurate experiences across all digital channels, automating workflows and delivering actionable insights to drive data-driven decisions. With thousands of global customers, Yext empowers brands to differentiate themselves in the digital landscape.
Job Description
Yext is seeking a Staff Systems Engineer to lead the design and evolution of infrastructure systems that power our core SaaS platform. The ideal candidate will have 8+ years of experience in backend, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles, with 2+ years in a staff-level or principal-level capacity.
Requirements
- 8+ years of experience in backend, DevOps, or infrastructure engineering roles, with 2+ years in a staff-level or principal-level capacity.
- 5 years of experience in a large-scale SaaS, PaaS or IaaS environment
- Extensive experience deploying and operating several open-source clustered systems
- Advanced knowledge of at least one of AWS, GCP or Azure
- Expertise in containerization and orchestration (e.g., Docker, Nomad, Kubernetes, ECS)
- Fluency with infrastructure-as-code and automation (Terraform, Ansible, Pulumi, etc.)
- Proven track record of leading large-scale infrastructure migrations, high-availability projects, or performance optimizations
- Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, OpenTelemetry, etc.)
- Excellent communication skills, and a collaborative, mentoring mindset
Benefits
- Medical, dental and vision benefits
- Life insurance
- Short term and long-term disability
- 401(k) retirement plan
- Vacation and sick leave
